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Wow, these are incredible, and all are pretty realistic looking in my opinion. I especially love the one with the blue around the eye. I also like the navy ones in the bottom right hand corner a lot, as well as the topmost one on the right.
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Do you have any tips for how to make believable patterns on extinct/fictional animals? I always end up feeling like mine are either too bland or too similar to a living species. Every single one of these is perfect, so I've gotta know if you have any secrets!
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The best place to source patterns is nature. There are millions of species of bird and reptile out that with patterns that are stunning and beautiful.
Make a mood board (collage of photos you find on the net) as starting point. This way you can refer back to it and pull different elements from different animals.
When painting I'd say always work from large to small. Think about what main complimentary colours (either in the same colour range or opposite) you want, keep it simple to like 2 main colours, maybe three at a push. Once you have those down and your happy, begin to layer over that, trying different patterns you have pulled from your mood board.
Then finally add a splash of colour that breaks up the image.
Usually, as a personal rule, its gonna be where you want the eye to go first. So I would put it on the head and occasionally have it subtly continue down the body so your eye flows down the form. In turn you can reverse this rule if the animal/dinosaur is trying to highlight something dangerous like a weapon to predators. For example, a sauropod might have a brightly coloured tail to tell a predator... 'Hey, buddy, you attack me I'm gonna whip the hell outta ya!', or spikes might be tipped with colour as a way of saying... 'trust me, if you attack me these will really hurt'.
Colour is also used for attracting females, so bright colours would be on anything used as a display like sails, spikes, feathers etc. A good example of this is often seen in Ceratopsian dinosaurs like Triceratops on their frills. As they have big holes in them it was likely they weren't used for protection but more likely as a big billboard saying... 'Hey ladies, check out this colourful hunk!'.
I hope this helps, but as I said, if in doubt, turn to nature for inspiration
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Neat! I like the red and black, but the yellow, orange, and brown tones look more natural.
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